milan
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Post by milan on Aug 14, 2017 0:02:03 GMT -8
I found this in dead wood -size 1.3 cm. In Slovakia. Could that be an insect? Larvae of some Lycaenidae or any moth?  |
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Post by africaone on Aug 15, 2017 4:30:42 GMT -8
do you have picture of the underside ?
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Post by tv on Aug 15, 2017 4:41:20 GMT -8
From that picture it looks a bit like a slug or snail of some kind. The right end of the bottom specimen has the edge of what looks like a gastropod "foot". An underside image would definitely help if that's the case.
Barring that, perhaps a sentient mushroom?
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milan
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Post by milan on Sept 4, 2017 0:54:21 GMT -8
bottom side and closer view   |
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ckswank
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Post by ckswank on Sept 5, 2017 0:08:01 GMT -8
It might be a soft scale insect. Here's a short video:
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Post by tv on Jul 19, 2018 6:11:57 GMT -8
I actually found out what this thing is. This is the larva of a fly in the family Syrphidae, subfamily Microdontinae. It looks very similar to a picture in Stephen Marshall's book for a Microdon globosus.
Here is a picture on Bug Guide
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Post by nomihoudai on Jul 19, 2018 21:43:47 GMT -8
Couldn't have been a Lycaenidae as the caterpillars were not segmented into different rings and it did not have 3 pairs of sclerotized legs, the two main give aways of Lepidoptera caterpillars. Thanks to tv for finding out what it is. Furthermore, it was an interesting find. I had never seen anything like that before.
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Post by tv on Jul 21, 2018 15:32:10 GMT -8
I've never seen anything like it either. I had mostly forgot about these photos, but was reading through the Marshall book and was completely surprised to see a picture that looked just like it.
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Post by nomad on Jul 22, 2018 11:28:06 GMT -8
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Post by nomad on Jul 23, 2018 8:26:40 GMT -8
Here is Microdon analis, a UK rarity which I photographed in the New Forest. The adults of this genus are also strange in that they do not hover like the others of the family. They are a small bee mimic.  |
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